Both Uses of
doleful
in
War and Peace
- For Boris, Julie played most doleful nocturnes on her harp.†
Chpt 8 *
- She assumed her dolefully submissive manner and said to her husband: "Listen to me, Count, you have managed matters so that we are getting nothing for the house, and now you wish to throw away all our—all the children's property!†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(doleful) expressing or causing sadness